Brian van den Broek wrote: > Hi all, > > I know that this is something for which I could (keep) STFW, but I'm > mostly ignorant of the subject area and under a bit of a deadline. So > I hope people won't mind if I truncate my search and ask here. > > I've tried solo and failed a few times to install various Linux > distros on Intel x86 laptops. (The software modem was always the > sticking point.) A recent acquaintance has volunteered to guide me > through an install tomorrow. He's a Debian fellow. I'm not in a > position to have any preferences, so am inclined to follow his distro > choice. > > The only area of computing in which I am interested and with which > he's unfamiliar is Python. He suggested I try to find out if there are > any potential issues with Debian stable and Python. > > Not knowing much about the details of linux and less about Debian, my > googling hasn't yielded much that settles things. I have found out > that stable ships with 2.3.5. I imagine it should be straightforward > to upgrade to 2.4.2. Am I correct? Any other Debian/Python issues I > should know about? > > If it matters, the laptop is fairly new (6 months) but wasn't > screaming when new, either. > > Thanks bunches, > Try to ask him to install ubuntu for you. It use the same debian packaging system(and most package setup is the same as debian) but has a newer python which is based on 2.4. Should have better hardware support too. I would say it is a good choice for desktop/laptop over vanilla debian. You will still get the same kind of help from him as they are 95% similar.
I use debian when I don't want cutting edge things(mostly for servers) but ubuntu for desktop/laptop. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list